Chicago Sun-Times: Kotche-Kronos Pairing, "A Collaboration Waiting to Happen," at Ravinia Wednesday
Wilco can safely lay claim as one of Chicago's favorite hometown bands, and tomorrow night, the group's drummer, Glenn Kotche, welcomes Kronos Quartet to the city when he joins them at the Ravinia Festival's Martin Theatre in Highland Park for the Chicago premiere of Anomaly, a piece he wrote for the Quartet. Also included on the program from Kronos are John Adams's Fellow Traveler, which receives its Chicago premiere; Stephen Prutsman's arrangement of Sigur Rós's Flugufrelsarinn; the world premiere of a new piece by Hanna Kulenty; and a number of other Chicago premieres.
The Chicago Sun-Times recommends the event, with writer Wynne Delacoma calling the Kotche-Kronos pairing "a collaboration waiting to happen," given the group's ever-adventurous search for new works outside the typical string-quartet mold and the drummer's own diverse musical interests.
It was Glenn's solo Nonesuch release, Mobile, reports Delacoma, that brought the two together. Kronos's David Harrington tells the Sun-Times: "[W]hen I first heard Glenn’s music [on Mobile], I thought it was really interesting ... There was something there that seemed special to me, and it made me want to meet [Kotche] and talk to him about music. When that happens, I always trust it."
For concert information, visit ravinia.org. You can read more about the story behind the music at suntimes.com, and for a first-hand account from Glenn, read the note published in the Nonesuch Journal for the piece's world premiere in San Francisco last October.
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